1 Chronicles 7:8
in 1 Chronicles 7The sons of Becher:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
KJV
And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd the sons of Becher,.... Another son of Benjamin, 1Ch 7:6, Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth; the two last of these, according to Kimchi, gave names to two cities in Benjamin, built by them; Anathoth, the native place of Jeremiah the prophet, and Alameth, the same with Bahurim, 2Sa 16:5. all these are the sons of Becher; before named.
This site's exposition
The sons of Benjamin; Bela
on 1 Chronicles 7:6-12
Benjamin's three clans muster to nearly sixty thousand men, a genealogy Barnes reads as later descendants reckoned to their founders rather than a strict father to son list at the time of David's census. Gill takes verse ten's Ehud, among Jediael's grandsons, as the same man who later judged Israel in Judges 3:15, a reading other commentators do not share. Verse twelve's Shuppim, Huppim and Hushim stand outside the three named clans, and the older commentators disagree over which son of Benjamin they belong to.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf, Gen. xlix. It was the honour of this tribe that it produced Saul the first king, and more its honour that it adhered to the rightful kings of the house of David when the other tribes revolted.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בֶ֗כֶר | vekher | Beker | H1071 → | 5 times |
| זְמִירָ֡ה | zemirah | Zemirah | H2160 → | |
| וְיוֹעָ֡שׁ | veyoash | and Joash | H3135 → | |
| וֶ֠אֱלִיעֶזֶר | veeliezer | and Eliezer | H461 → | 14 times |
| וְאֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֤י | veelyoeinai | and Elioenai | H454 → | 9 times |
| וְעָמְרִי֙ | veameri | and Omri | H6018 → | 18 times |
| וִירֵמ֣וֹת | viremot | and Jeremoth | H3406 → | 13 times |
| וַאֲבִיָּ֔ה | vaaviyah | and Abijah | H29 → | 25 times |
| וַעֲנָת֖וֹת | vaanatot | and Anathoth | H6068 → | |
| וְעָלָ֑מֶת | vealamet | and Alemeth | H5964 → | 4 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֵ֖לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [were] [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָֽכֶר׃ | vakher | Beker | H1071 → | 5 times |
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
בֶ֗כֶרBeker
vekherH1071 →5 times
זְמִירָ֡הZemirah
zemirahH2160 →
וְיוֹעָ֡שׁand Joash
veyoashH3135 →
וֶ֠אֱלִיעֶזֶרand Eliezer
veeliezerH461 →14 times
וְאֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֤יand Elioenai
veelyoeinaiH454 →9 times
וְעָמְרִי֙and Omri
veameriH6018 →18 times
וִירֵמ֣וֹתand Jeremoth
viremotH3406 →13 times
וַאֲבִיָּ֔הand Abijah
vaaviyahH29 →25 times
וַעֲנָת֖וֹתand Anathoth
vaanatotH6068 →
וְעָלָ֑מֶתand Alemeth
vealametH5964 →4 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֵ֖לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
בְּנֵי־[were] [the] sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
בָֽכֶר׃Beker
vakherH1071 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.